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Several stories within the One Thousand and One Nights (Arabian Nights, 8th–10th centuries CE) also feature science fiction elements.One example is "The Adventures of Bulukiya", where the protagonist Bulukiya's quest for the herb of immortality leads him to explore the seas, journey to the Garden of Eden and to Jahannam (Islamic hell), and travel across the cosmos to different worlds much ...
This is a timeline of science fiction as a literary tradition. While the date of the start of science fiction is debated, this list includes a range of ancient, medieval, and Renaissance-era precursors and proto-science fiction as well, as long as these examples include typical science fiction themes and topoi such as travel to outer space and encounter with alien life-forms.
Several different variants of the "Cinderella" story, which has its origins in the ancient Greek story of Rhodopis, appear in the One Thousand and One Nights, including "The Second Shaykh's Story", "The Eldest Lady's Tale" and "Abdallah ibn Fadil and His Brothers", all dealing with the theme of a younger sibling harassed by two jealous elders ...
The novel was nominated for several science fiction awards. 2002 Night Watch: Terry Pratchett: A man interacts with a younger version of himself. 2002 Counting Up, Counting Down: Harry Turtledove: Collection of short stories, including two about a man's attempt to save his failing marriage by travelling back to the time he first met his wife. 2002
Edward Frederick James (born 14 May 1947) is a British scholar of medieval history and science fiction. [1] He is Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at University College, Dublin . James received the Hugo Award for his non-fiction book The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction (co-edited with Farah Mendlesohn ), and the Pilgrim Award for ...
This list of historical fiction is designed to provide examples of notable works of historical fiction (in literature, film, comics, etc.) organized by time period.. For a more exhaustive list of historical novels by period, see Category:Historical novels by setting, which lists relevant Wikipedia categories; see also the larger List of historical novels, which is organized by country, as well ...
Analog Science Fiction: 1956 Extempore (short story) Damon Knight: Infinity Science Fiction: 1956 Eye for Eye: Orson Scott Card: Asimov's Science Fiction: 1987 Eyes Do More Than See: Isaac Asimov: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction: 1965 Fair Game (short story) Philip K. Dick: If Magazine: 1959 Falling Onto Mars: Geoffrey A. Landis ...
Modern popular science fiction has an even shorter history, from the 1860s. The authors of popular fiction tend to advertise that they have exploited a controversial topic and this is a major difference between them and so-called elitist literature.